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WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville

Worker Type:

PRN

Job Highlights:

Department: Therapy Services

Patient Population: Inpatient Care

Schedule: PRN - Scheduled on an as needed basis; at least 2 shifts per month

Salary: $37.88 (Offers are based on years of experience and equity)

Location: St. Mary's Hospital Janesville

3400 East Racine Street

Janesville, WI 53546

At SSM Health, you can expect a work environment where:

• Employees feel valued, respected and free to express themselves;

• Each employee finds meaning in work, leveraging skills and talents toward a greater purpose;

• Teamwork and collaboration is encouraged, while management is supportive.

If you’re a patient advocate first…

If you listen and respond with great care…

If the needs, wants, and goals of each patient matter to you…

Then we’d love to learn more! Please fill out your application today.

Join a network of healthcare professionals just as kind and powerful as you.

Job Summary:

Evaluates and conducts medically prescribed physical therapy treatment programs to treat movement dysfunction and pain resulting from injury, disease, disability, or other health-related conditions.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs initial and on-going assessments of patient's condition.

• Establishes, revises and evaluates a plan of care which is appropriate to problems identified and involves the patient/family.

• Performs therapy interventions utilizing standard physical therapy techniques and skills as appropriate for the condition of the patient.

• Provides education to patient/family /staff by assessing patient/family educational needs.

• Provides for continuity of care by participating in discharge planning with patients, families and other health care providers as appropriate, providing home instructions to patients and caregivers, recommending and or providing equipment/ home modifications, and recommending appropriate follow-up care if needed.

• Oversees activities of physical therapy assistants, students, and other support personnel.

• Maintains appropriate documentation that details the patient's response to therapy and the need for skilled intervention as outlined by regulatory bodies.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate degree in Physical Therapy, or related as required to obtain licensure in state of practice

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.

• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).

• Frequent walking, reaching, gripping and keyboard use/data entry.

• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving patients.

• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Occasional driving.

• Rare crawling.

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

4503000026 Physical Therapy

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

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